The styling changes are fairly significant overall, encompassing the front and rear bumpers, head and fog lights, rear spoiler, and wheels.

All of these tweaks are more than cosmetic, Mitsubishi says: It claims they reduce the Mirage's coefficient of drag to 0.27, and that a change to the angle of the rear spoiler helps reduce lift at higher speeds.

Under the reshaped skin, the Mirage also gets a retuned suspension set up specifically for the North American market, as well as bigger brakes.

2017 Mitsubishi Mirage GT

Power still comes from a 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine, which drives the front wheels through either a five-speed manual transmission or a CVT automatic.

However, the engine does get a slight bump in power.

It now makes 78 horsepower--four more than before--and the same 74 pound-feet of torque as before.